Texas Storytelling Festival Schedule

Mark Your Calendars for the 2026 Texas Storytelling Festival! March 12-15, 2026, in Denton. 
Please visit festival.tejasstorytelling.com for additional event information.

Festival Locations

Denton Civic Center
321 E. McKinney Street
Denton, TX
*Service animals only, no pets.

Some concerts, workshops, and events are held at:
Emily Fowler Library
502 Oakland Street
Denton, TX (across the parking lot from the Denton Woman’s Club)

Denton Woman’s Club
610 Oakland Street
Denton, TX (across the parking lot from the Emily Fowler Library)

Parking is free at all locations

Festival Tickets

A weekend pass includes:
• 30 storytellers
• 5 storytelling concerts with the featured tellers
• 8 storytelling events (Ghost Tales, Liars Contest, …)
• 3 story swaps
• 1 story slam
• 1 poetry slam
• 11 workshops
• 3 music concerts
• 4 youth activities
• 26 hours of storytelling

Schedule

Thursday, March 12
7:00 pm – Shadows and Spirits: An Evening of Ghost Stories (ASL)  FREE

Friday, March 13
9:00 am – Welcome Storytelling Concert 
9:00 am – Gather ‘Round: Texas Folklore Society Shares Stories and Love
10:45 am – Featured Tellers  (ASL)
12:15 pm – Story Swap 
1:30 pm – Two Chairs Talking
1:30 pm – Tellers of the Long Form 
4:00 pm – Rising Stars 
7:30 pm – Featured Tellers (ASL)

Saturday, March 14
9:00 am – The David Brock Youth Storytelling Concert 
9:00 am – Poetry Slam  FREE
10:45 am – Featured Tellers   (ASL)
10:45 am – Story Slam  FREE
12:15 pm – Story Swap 
1:30 pm – Liars Contest 
1:30 pm – Featured Guild Concert
3:30 pm – Fringe 
3:30 pm – Beggar King: A Storyteller’s Journey Through Silence with Joel Ben Izzy 
3:30 pm – Story Swap 
7:30 pm – Featured Tellers   (ASL)

Sunday, March 15
9:30 am – Sacred Tales  (ASL)  FREE
11:15 am – Featured Tellers Concert  (ASL)